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At Inanna Rising, we're excited to offer a unique opportunity for a handful of well-connected PAT providers. You could become an Inanna Rising ambassador by personally vetting and inviting two new members in a month to join our collective. We believe in the power of our members to hand-select exceptional clinicians to join our community. On any given month if two new applicants name YOU as their referral person, you will receive a FREE monthly membership credit!
Our leadership board
Founder, Executive Director
Founder, Executive Director
Founder, Executive Director
Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers, PhD, LMFT, CST-S is a second-generation Swedish American whose upbringing was shaped by the rich traditions of her heritage and the deep connection to the land on which she was raised. As a child, Tina balanced her time between ice arenas as a competitive figure skater and her grandparents' Swedish homestead i
Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers, PhD, LMFT, CST-S is a second-generation Swedish American whose upbringing was shaped by the rich traditions of her heritage and the deep connection to the land on which she was raised. As a child, Tina balanced her time between ice arenas as a competitive figure skater and her grandparents' Swedish homestead in Washington State. Situated on stolen Coast Salish land, particularly that of the Duwamish People, Tina remembers playing for hours among the sacred trees and at the waters edge of Puget Sound beaches. A blend of cultural and environmental influences fostered a deep appreciation for resilience, community, family, and the importance of honoring the land one inhabits.
Sandy, Oregon, where Tina now resides, is located on the unceded lands of the Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, and Clackamas Peoples. Here, she and her partner live on eight acres of sacred wooded land, creating a nurturing space where they support clinicians committed to patient-centered, just, and mindful psychedelic-assisted therapy and Expansive Integration.
As the first woman in her immigrant family to go to college and the first person to get an advanced degree, Tina’s professional journey is a testament to the shoulders upon which she stands and her passion to see people live liberated and well-connected lives. After 28 years as a professor of marriage and family therapy, medical family therapy, and sexuality at an accredited graduate program, she authored two influential books addressing the impacts of sexual shame and religious sexual trauma. Additionally, she founded The Northwest Institute on Intimacy, a post-graduate training program designed to equip clinicians with the skills to address sexual health and understand their own sexual biases.
With a commitment to advancing the field of psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT), Tina became certified in Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy (PAP), and MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy (MDMA-AP). She then founded Inanna Rising, an organization dedicated to supporting clinicians who aspire to provide high-quality, accessible, and affordable PAT care, especially to underserved communities. Tina recognized the potential for this transformative treatment to publicly unfold in ways that could perpetuate colonizing practices. Inanna Rising exists to be an example of how clinicians can do this clinical work in just and equitable ways without compromising patient care or practical training and sound business practice. Inanna Rising creates a safe and supportive container for clinicians to learn, grow, build trusted life long relationships, and feel holistically supported in this important work.
Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers continues to embody the values of integrity, compassion, and social responsibility as she nurtures a community of professionals committed to healing and justice in the field of psychedelic-assisted therapy. She can be followed on IG @DrTinaShameless.
PAT Therapy Board
Founder, Executive Director
Founder, Executive Director
Camila Pastor, LCSW, SEP moved from her native Peru to the United States to attend the prestigious Pratt Institute in New York City. After a successful career in architecture and design, which included working for the world-renowned company Knoll, Camila recognized the unmet need among the undocumented community for skilled therapists who
Camila Pastor, LCSW, SEP moved from her native Peru to the United States to attend the prestigious Pratt Institute in New York City. After a successful career in architecture and design, which included working for the world-renowned company Knoll, Camila recognized the unmet need among the undocumented community for skilled therapists who spoke Spanish as a first language.
A natural communicator and seeker, Camila decided to return to graduate school to earn her Masters in Social Work from New York University. After graduation, she worked at the Roberto Clemente Center, which served the Latinx community on New York’s Lower East Side, as well as at ICE School, working with high school students who experienced trauma.
This bilingual licensed clinical social worker now has a thriving private practice in New York City that incorporates many emerging therapeutic modalities including ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Her clients range from low-income asylum-seekers who have faced horrific traumas to urban professionals working through depression, anxiety, and abuse, among other concerns.
Camila is currently shifting the focus of her practice to more holistically guide her clients through the profound experience of using plant-based medicines as therapeutic devices. Her personal journey led her to launch a two-week-long immersive plant-based medicine retreat, Heal the Healers, in Peru next fall, which will target New York’s BIPOC therapy community and aims to be fully donor-funded.
Alongside her counseling, Camila volunteers as a child advocate to support undocumented detained minors as they navigate the criminal justice system, and at Big and Little NYC, where she has been a big sister since 1999 and served on the board and recently committed to be part of the Joyful Heart Foundation’s National Council of Leadership and Innovation. The Joyful Heart has been a leading national organization with a mission to transform society’s response to sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, support survivors’ healing, and end this violence forever. www.camilapastor.com
PAT Medical Board
Founder, Executive Director
PAT Medical Board
Dr. Leslie Drapiza is a board-certified Family Medicine physician who pivoted her career to psychedelic assisted therapy after working in primary care and obstetrics for over 15 years. As a primary care physician, she witnessed her patients struggle with treatment resistant depression, anxiety, PTSD, and chronic pain. She saw how the curr
Dr. Leslie Drapiza is a board-certified Family Medicine physician who pivoted her career to psychedelic assisted therapy after working in primary care and obstetrics for over 15 years. As a primary care physician, she witnessed her patients struggle with treatment resistant depression, anxiety, PTSD, and chronic pain. She saw how the current medical system continued to fail them.
She discovered psychedelics and experienced how they helped to heal her own trauma and improve her mental health. Knowing that her patients deserved that same level of healing in a way that integrated mind, body and spirit, she opened her private practice, Medicinal Innovations in April 2023, offering Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy.
She is committed to expanding access to those who have barriers to care and have been disadvantaged by our broken medical system. She completed Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy training through Polaris Insight Center and Rainfall Medicine. She is a graduate of the Innertrek Psilocybin Facilitator program. www.medicinalinnovations.com
esteemed leadership board of Inanna Rising
Trisha Andrews, LMFT, CST
Renée Burwell, LCSW, CST, CSE
Renée Burwell, LCSW, CST, CSE
Trisha is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a certified Sex Therapist and graduate of the Integrative Psychiatry Institute. She earned her master's degree in Couple and Family Therapy at Adler University in Chicago. She is the co-owner of Dalliance Sexual Wellness in Parker, Colorado.
Trisha's clinical work has focused specifically working with couples and individuals looking to deepen their intimate relationships with themselves and their partners. She is trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Relational Life Therapy (RLT), and is a Certified Discernment Counselor. Through her studies at IPI, she is trained to facilitate Ketamine-Assisted Therapy and Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy, as well as psychedelic integration and harm reduction.
Trisha believes psychedelic therapy can be an incredibly valuable tool for awakening our innate human potential. She believes in the power of her client's inner knowing and self-healing abilities. She views her role as a psychedelic therapist as an immense honor to create space and witness her clients transformations.
When not supporting her clients, she is a wife and mother of three kids and two fur babies. In her free time, she enjoys being outdoors - hiking in the warmth and skiing in the cold. www.dalliancesexualwellness.com
Renée Burwell, LCSW, CST, CSE
Renée Burwell, LCSW, CST, CSE
Renée Burwell, LCSW, CST, CSE
Renée Burwell, LCSW, MPA, CST-S, CSE is a nationally acclaimed psychotherapist and educator with specializations in sex therapy and trauma. Her practice, Pandora's Awakening, offers services and educational outreach that help destigmatize mental and sexual health services.
She is a skilled facilitator offering trainings and workshops to healthcare and social services professionals on mental health, sexual health, and reproductive justice.
In addition to her work with Pandora's Awakening, she is also on the community board for Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi, an active member of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), the Association of Black Sexologist and the Women of Color Sexual Health Network (WOCHN), and is a writer and educator for various mediums including Pure Romance, Bedroom Kandi and CNN.
She has trained with the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) and believes strongly in the power of plant medicine and other forms of psychedelic medicines in healing current and generational trauma.
Renée holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Spelman College, a Master of Social Work and Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California, a Post Graduate Certificate in Sex Therapy and Education from the University of Michigan, and is AASECT certified as a sex therapist, supervisor and educator. www.ReneeBurwell.com
Nicole Thurston, MD
Renée Burwell, LCSW, CST, CSE
Meg Langworthy, PMHNP-BC
Dr. Nicole Thurston is a psychiatrist and palliative medicine physician who works with patients facing serious and terminal illnesses. She is the medical director of Supportive and Palliative Oncology at St. Luke’s Cancer Institute in Boise, Idaho and fortunate to supervise a team of amazing multidisciplinary healers: acupuncturists, massage therapists, reiki practitioners, clinical social workers, mental health therapists, chaplains, psychiatric and palliative care nurses and advanced practice providers.
She believes that cultivating purpose, connection and joy in our lives is a way to find meaning through suffering. She has dedicated her career towards helping patients with mental health symptoms find ways to access their own innate wisdom and build capacity towards self-love and acceptance. Through ongoing education in the palliative care space, she has developed a passion towards helping patients experiencing existential angst.
Dr. Thurston believes that psychedelic assisted psychotherapy has enormous potential to ease suffering for those facing end of life as well as for those who have experienced complex developmental trauma and treatment resistant depression. Through training at the Integrative Psychiatry Institute, she can facilitate Ketamine and Psilocybin assisted psychotherapy using a psychedelic integration and harm reduction framework. drnicolethurston@gmail.com
Meg Langworthy, PMHNP-BC
Meg Langworthy, PMHNP-BC
Meg Langworthy, PMHNP-BC
Megan Langworthy is a PMHNP in private practice in Portland, Oregon. She is also licensed in NY and WA. She provides functional psychiatry via tele-health and Ketamine Assisted Therapy in person.
A functional approach to psychiatry aims to get at the root cause of symptoms and to treat those symptoms with accuracy and in a timely manner. She works in collaboration with other members of a patient's care team to ensure cohesive treatment. Her goal is always to help resolve symptoms in under 12 months.
Leslie Drapiza, MD
Meg Langworthy, PMHNP-BC
Camila Pastor, LCSW, SEP
Dr. Leslie Drapiza is a board-certified Family Medicine physician who pivoted her career to psychedelic assisted therapy after working in primary care and obstetrics for over 15 years. As a primary care physician, she witnessed her patients struggle with treatment resistant depression, anxiety, PTSD, and chronic pain. She saw how the current medical system continued to fail them.
She discovered psychedelics and experienced how they helped to heal her own trauma and improve her mental health. Knowing that her patients deserved that same level of healing in a way that integrated mind, body and spirit, she opened her private practice, Medicinal Innovations in April 2023, offering Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy.
She is committed to expanding access to those who have barriers to care and have been disadvantaged by our broken medical system. She completed Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy training through Polaris Insight Center and Rainfall Medicine. She is a graduate of the Innertrek Psilocybin Facilitator program. www.medicinalinnovations.com
Camila Pastor, LCSW, SEP
Meg Langworthy, PMHNP-BC
Camila Pastor, LCSW, SEP
Camila Pastor moved from her native Peru to the United States to attend the prestigious Pratt Institute in New York City. After a successful career in architecture and design, which included working for the world-renowned company Knoll, Camila recognized the unmet need among the undocumented community for skilled therapists who spoke Spanish as a first language.
A natural communicator and seeker, Camila decided to return to graduate school to earn her Masters in Social Work from New York University. After graduation, she worked at the Roberto Clemente Center, which served the Latinx community on New York’s Lower East Side, as well as at ICE School, working with high school students who experienced trauma.
This bilingual licensed clinical social worker now has a thriving private practice in New York City that incorporates many emerging therapeutic modalities including ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Her clients range from low-income asylum-seekers who have faced horrific traumas to urban professionals working through depression, anxiety, and abuse, among other concerns.
An eternal student, Camila attends annual conferences and sanctuaries around the world in order to understand and add to the ever-growing body of evidence around the benefits of plant-based medicinal modalities. In her country of origin, Camila facilitates plant-medicine-based journeys, which have been scientifically proven to aid in the healing of depression and anxiety, as well as substance-abuse disorders. Recent studies have shown promising evidence that ayahuasca, in particular, may help heal countless other conditions and diseases, ranging from post-traumatic stress disorder and grief to Parkinson’s and even cancer.
A few years ago, her commitment to her clients in the United States led Camila to add to her practice the preparation and integration process of these powerful therapeutics, a process she performs through a trauma-informed lens. Seeing a massive, lingering, and rapid improvement among those who have gone on to take such journeys, Camila is currently shifting the focus of her practice to more holistically guide her clients through the profound experience of using plant-based medicines as therapeutic devices. Her personal journey led her to launch a two-week-long immersive plant-based medicine retreat, Heal the Healers, in Peru next fall, which will target New York’s BIPOC therapy community and aims to be fully donor-funded.
Alongside her counseling, Camila volunteers as a child advocate to support undocumented detained minors as they navigate the criminal justice system, and at Big and Little NYC, where she has been a big sister since 1999 and served on the board and recently committed to be part of the Joyful Heart Foundation’s National Council of Leadership and Innovation. The Joyful Heart has been a leading national organization with a mission to transform society’s response to sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, support survivors’ healing, and end this violence forever. www.camilapastor.com